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title: Robots Must Pay For Their Crimes! — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/robots-must-pay-for-their-crimes/
date: 2016-07-27
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# Robots Must Pay For Their Crimes!

Traditionally when a robot injures someone or damages property we hold the robot’s creator or owner accountable. But that notion is changing. On May 31, 2016 the European Parliament received a report from the Commission on Legal Affairs saying that, depending on circumstances, the ROBOT might be held responsible for its own actions!